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gone_fishing Enthusiast

gone_fishing

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My Sierra is 4 years old with 103,000 miles and I'm still on the original battery. I also live in ND so maybe the cooler weather helps.

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seamus2154 Enthusiast

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My battery failed at 18 months but I am in Florida heat. But in comparision to all my cars past and present that was ridiculous. The only issues I ever have are with new cars mainly GM cars. Both of my vettes didnt go 2 years. All my replacement quality batteries last 5-7 years some are on battery tenders most of the time, but I clearly think GM gets an inferior battery as a cost issue.

beetle Enthusiast

beetle

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My battery was over 4 years old and still worked fine, but I had the dealer replace it anyway because at that age they're living on borrowed time and can fail without any warning.

paullgj Enthusiast

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Don't think it's a GM thing. Had a 2011 Jeep Wrangler - within a year, no warning, dead battery. My wife's 2016 Honda HRV - dead battery in the bank drive through lane - less than a year old. My previous Chevy Silverados - none lasted more than a year. My 2016 Silverado is still going strong, though. Now, I live in extremely hot Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas - that might have something to do with short battery life.

 

FWIW, on my wife's Honda, took one look at the battery and decided not to touch it. Jump started it and drove it to the Honda dealer.

thewhitestallion Senior Enthusiast

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was it the easiest battery I have every changed; no. Did changing this battery make me curse GM and trade my truck in for a Ford or Dodge; no. Not sure on your mechanical skills but it took me like 10 - 15 minutes to change my battery.

diyer2 Senior Enthusiast

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Don't think it's a GM thing. Had a 2011 Jeep Wrangler - within a year, no warning, dead battery. My wife's 2016 Honda HRV - dead battery in the bank drive through lane - less than a year old. My previous Chevy Silverados - none lasted more than a year. My 2016 Silverado is still going strong, though. Now, I live in extremely hot Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas - that might have something to do with short battery life.

 

FWIW, on my wife's Honda, took one look at the battery and decided not to touch it. Jump started it and drove it to the Honda dealer.

That's how dealers stay in business.

 

was it the easiest battery I have every changed; no. Did changing this battery make me curse GM and trade my truck in for a Ford or Dodge; no. Not sure on your mechanical skills but it took me like 10 - 15 minutes to change my battery.

Agree.

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Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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Just and FYI but my 02's original battery lasted 5 years and our 2008 Acadia was still good 4 years when we traded it in on the 2011 Acadia and that battery lasted 5 yrs. My daughters 2012 Cruze just hit 5yrs old and the battery was cranking slow so I replaced it.

 

I'm probably going to regret this but my 2013 Camaro will be 5 years this December and it still has the original battery. NC has it's fare share of heat in the summer, especially here on the eastern side of the state.

 

Seems 5yrs is the limit for me on batteries.

seamus2154 Enthusiast

seamus2154

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was it the easiest battery I have every changed; no. Did changing this battery make me curse GM and trade my truck in for a Ford or Dodge; no. Not sure on your mechanical skills but it took me like 10 - 15 minutes to change my battery.

 

Yep, it was a pain in the a##. Especially since mine went on the highway as we pulled into a rest area. Got a ride to Walmart bought the battery and a small tool set. Once that bar was out it took some finagling but overall I was done in 20 minutes. Not fun or as easy as other cars but I have seen worse.

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Ravenkeeper Senior Enthusiast

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A coworker has a '14 Silverado and just went through this whole battery fiasco, last week.  He had Walmart change out his battery, since he bought it there.  Ever since, he had been having issues with his AC.  Come to find out, Walmart may have screwed it up.  Found out that when changing the battery on these trucks, disconnect the negative cable first and connect it last.  He also found out that if you have someone change your battery and you start having other electrical issues, disconnect the battery (negative first), wait about 5 minutes, and reconnect the battery (negative last). 

 

I've had my truck for just over 2 years, guess I'll have to keep an eye on my battery. 

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

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Isn’t nice how technology has made so simple to change a battery.


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jhbrennan Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, Ravenkeeper said:

Come to find out, Walmart may have screwed it up.  Found out that when changing the battery on these trucks, disconnect the negative cable first and connect it last.  

I've been driving for 50+ years and it's always been disconnect negative first so not sure how Walmart screwed that up.

Ravenkeeper Senior Enthusiast

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23 minutes ago, jhbrennan said:

I've been driving for 50+ years and it's always been disconnect negative first so not sure how Walmart screwed that up.

I'm not sure either.  My dad taught us to always disconnect the negative terminal first, but the fact that these newer vehicles are picky enough to screw something up if you don't, is amazing.

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